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From what I understand glass bedding reduces movement but does not help with stock crush. My 700 mountian is extremely susecptable to stock crush.
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You can eliminate the "stock crush" effect by routing out the stock bolt holes abd pouring pillars when you glass bed. I do this as a routine thing whenever I glass bed a rifle. It ensures a consistent tightening of the stock bolts and eliminates crushing the stock.
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"Ernie the gunsmith" has a pretty good explanation of why it doesn't make sense to glass bed without pillar bedding
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"Ernie the Gunsmith" may be referring to people who do a "skin bedding" job, which is a very thin layer of resin over the existing wood stock. This type of bedding is not the proper way to bed a rifle, although it will deliver some accuracy gains by evening out contact in the bedding. I have seen as many pillar bedding jobs screwed up as glass bedding jobs screwed up, so it is by no means foolproof. I personally believe it is just a way for some smiths to sell another service they should be doing as part of a good bedding job anyway.